Tango is Easy - Structure For Easy Social Tango
If you know how to connect with your partner and you can walk together, if you know how to do ochos or a basic, and weight shifts, then you know enough. Pick one, do it, add another, do some more:
- Artist Name:
- Momo Smitt
- Song Title:
- Like A Drug
- Album Title:
- Tango World
- Artist Website:
- http://www.momosmitt.net/
From website: My Name is Momo Smitt, I am an independently funded/promoted hip hop artist based in Portland, OR. My music covers a wide range of topics from recovery and personal growth to political and environmental issues. Though much of my music is expressed from a first person perspective of opinions and feelings, I also tend to take a narrative, story-telling approach while detailing my experiences through the role of "observer".
- 00:04
- We have a formula that we teach in class often...
- 00:07
- ..so that you can go out really rapidly and do an easy dance...
- 00:11
- ..that's not crazy pressure for the leaders.
- 00:14
- And the formula is: we say you do something simpler...
- 00:17
- ...and then something simpler..
- 00:19
- ..and then something simple.
- 00:21
- And 'simpler' we mean;
walking, weight shifts, rocking. - 00:25
- And of course some of those things
aren't really that simple, - 00:27
- But they’re easy to learn at first stage.
- 00:29
- And for 'simple' we mean something like,
ochos or a basic. - 00:38
- And then, after you’ve done that a few times,
you add in some kind of a tricky thing... - 00:41
- ..which might mean a gaucho or any kind of fancy combination
you know that you like. - 00:46
- So that might look for example.
- 00:49
- So here is a - you get in an embrace,
weight changes; this is simpler. - 00:58
- ..and then maybe walking.
- 01:03
- This is simpler.
- 01:04
- And now we do something simple,
for example front ochos. - 01:14
- And then we do something simpler
for example rocking... - 01:20
- ..and then we do something simpler.
- 01:21
- And here, the simpler is just going to be we'll pause
and gaze at each other and smile. - 01:26
- And then we/ll do something simple,
maybe a basic. - 01:33
- And that could be a
six count basic also. - 01:36
- And then we’ve just done that formula twice...
- 01:38
- So now we’ll do something "wow"
which in this case is a gaucho. - 01:49
- And this would be a time to regroup and
maybe do weight shifts. - 01:54
- And then you start with the formula
all over again. - 01:58
- Super simple, super simple, simple.
- 02:00
- Super simple, super simple, simple.
- 02:03
- "Wow"
- 02:04
- We’ve had a lot of success with this in class.
- 02:06
- We call them "The Brians" because
he was the one who first mentioned it to us. - 02:11
- And we’ll create this very long combination
filled with very easy things, that repeat. - 02:17
- And the combination,
if they do it maybe twice... - 02:21
- ...they’ll be through half or three quarters of a song
without too much suffering.
